Everything posted by Okie State
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
Because it was the Clintons. Everyone knows that.
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Trump’s America
@Sbbruin having a Simpsons reference for damn near everything is one of the things that makes Surly great. Keep it up.
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Winter Weather 2025 - Arctic Blasts or Sweaty Ass?
Well my weather app shows 86 with 80 percent humidity on Sunday. The two days of cool weather were nice I guess.
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Woodworking, DIY, and home repair thread
Not visible and I'm doing something similar. I'm installing steel C-Channel. Routing out the slots and installing using flush threaded inserts. They won't necessarily pull a cupped slab flat, but supposedly help to keep it flat.
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Woodworking, DIY, and home repair thread
This is a 94x34x1.75 black walnut top I had ordered for our kitchen island a few years back when we had it renovated. We weren't quite ready for install when it arrived so, like an idiot, I left it in the box on the floor for about a week. Well of course it cupped about 1/4" on each side. I went ahead and finished and installed it, but It bothered me to the point that I ordered a replacement. I've had this one sitting on saw horses for two years with the idea that I would somehow fix it and turn it into a nice coffee table for our living room. Finally got around to stripping off the sealer I had applied and figured I'd try to reverse the warping before taking it somewhere to have it resurfaced. I dampened some towels, flipped it over with the convex side up, laid it directly on the towels, and ran a fan blowing over the top over night. 24 hours later and it's essentially completely flat. I have my doubts this is a permanent fix, but my hope is it stays flat for me to install some heavy duty c-channel braces that will stabilize it. We'll see. If that doesn't work I guess I'll find someone to plane it down, but I'll lose a decent amount of material so I'd prefer not to go that route.
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Trump’s America
As previously mentioned it's likely the market would just adjust with higher prices until payments end up back to where they were. Same shit has happened with cars and 84 month notes.
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Trump’s America
50 year mortgage means price goes up, insurance goes up, taxes go up, payment stays the same, and you die before the loan is paid off. Sounds good to me.
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Trump’s America
Keep it up old man. You can lie about a lot of shit, but telling people their bills are going down when they continue to go up seems like a losing strategy.
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Trump’s America
Imagine how stupid you would have to be to believe food prices are cheaper today than they were a year ago.
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Beer 2025: Merry Christmas Everyone, Including the Haters and Losers
One of my go to beers anytime I see it on tap.
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Re-season Cast Iron Pans
I just don't see any reason at all to buy non-stick. Any advantage they have is offset with disadvantages. Combo of stainless, carbon steel, and cast iron is all you need for the rest of your life.
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2025 World Series- Dodgers v Blue Jays
Always love the slow motion 'fuck you mother fucker!'
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Trump’s America
Art Deco is probably my favorite design style. Happy to hear the Orange Turd dislikes it.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Houston area HEB. We have kept the amount to around $250/week over the past few years but we get significantly less for that money now.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
We spend $250/week on groceries for four people. $4,200/year isn't shit.
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2025 World Series- Dodgers v Blue Jays
Uhhhh, wow.
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2025 World Series- Dodgers v Blue Jays
This Kirk guy can hit.
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Trump’s America
If you want to get super depressed about the future, go down the AI rabbit hole. Spoiler: it ends with common folk being shot into the sun by trillionaires.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
I'm sure this has been asked before, probably by me, but it's beyond time to have our pool resurfaced. Any recommendations in the Houston area. I have no idea what to expect on cost as they seem to be all over the board. I want it done right though.
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Trump’s America
Was about to post this. Now they're going after early voting? So we all get to stand in line for 12 hours on election day while ICE questions us?
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Trump’s America
CFB is completely unrecognizable compared to what it was 20 years ago when I was in school.
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Trump’s America
I've been here for a while. My alma mater sucks though and I don't give a shit about pro sports.
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I for one welcome our new AI overlords
Really glad I saw this comment and decided to go watch it. Time to drink.
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Trump’s America
Was going to say I think the whole fucking thing is gone.
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Trump’s America
Hilarious if you ask me. We're supposed to be laughing at this, right?